Milton Osborne

Milton Osborne is an Australian historian, author, and consultant specializing in Southeast Asia.

He attended North Sydney Boys' High School, graduated from the University of Sydney and received a PhD from Cornell University. Osborne held academic positions in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Singapore. Osborne's main historical contribution has been to synthesise the history of the region as a whole, rather than concentrate on the histories of the present-day nations.